Anonymous Coward writes "Garth Freeman, CEO of Australia's first WiMax operator, sat down at the recent International WiMax symposium in Bangkok and unleashed a tirade about the failings of the technology, leaving an if not pro-WiMax audience stunned. His company, Buzz Broadband, had deployed a WiMax network over a year ago, and Freeman left no doubt about what conclusions he had drawn. He claimed that 'its non-line of sight execution was "non-existent" beyond just 2 kilometres from the base station, indoor completion decayed at just 400m and that latency rates reached as high as 1000 milliseconds. Poor latency and jitter made it unacceptable for many orientation highway applications and specifically VoIP, which Buzz has employed as the main selling point to induce people to shed their use of incumbent services.' We've hitherto discussed the beginnings of WiMax as well as recent plans for a massive network in India.

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